by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 24, 2026 | Scam of the day
Although I have been writing about synthetic identity theft for many years, many people are not familiar with the term “synthetic Identity theft.” Synthetic identity theft poses a significant threat to many people particularly children. Synthetic...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Jun 13, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for December 22, 2023 I first told you about the data breach affecting all thirty-six million customers of Internet service provider Comcast Cable Communications which occurred between October 16, 2023 and October 19, 2023 in which usernames,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 2, 2026 | Scam of the day
In the Scam of the day for October 14, 2024 I first told you about a data breach at Fidelity Investments affecting 77,000 of its customers. The data breach occurred between August 17 and 19th of 2024 but was not disclosed by Fidelity until October 9th. Sensitive...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 28, 2026 | Scam of the day
ADT, the country’s largest home security company in the United States became aware on April 20th that it had suffered a data breach which, according to Have I Been Pwned, a terrific website that tracks data breaches, resulted in person information of 5.5...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 24, 2026 | Scam of the day
Data breaches have become an all-too-common feature of life today and they pose a significant threat to all of us because regardless of how careful we are at protecting our personal data, we are only as secure as the companies and governmental agencies that hold our...
